One of the most serious responsibilities that healthcare providers have is administering medications correctly. There are seven rights of medication administration and three checks to protect patients ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices added three new items to its list of medication safety best practices for hospitals to focus on in 2022-23, the organization said Feb. 9. ISMP first ...

CMS has issued a revision to its “30-minute” rule on the administration of medication in hospitals, according to a Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program blog post and a copy of the notification ...

Since the enteral route is increasingly used as a means of medication administration, health care providers need to be cognizant of the potential complications and limitations associated with this ...

I am responsible for the medication pass and worried about doing it with surveyors watching. Can you give me a few tips? First, I recommend that you pass medications with a routine every day. Be ...

The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...

As the Biden administration transitions into governance, all eyes are on the policies they will enact in a number of key areas, no doubt healthcare being one of them. While the administration is eager ...

This study investigated the current status of nursing interruption events and analyzed the time costs, priority of events, and factors influencing interruptions. Objectives: To investigate the status ...